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8 Apr 2021
Just over a year ago, millions of people were asked to work from home, turning their way of working upside down. It’s been a struggle for many, but it's possible for remote working to be effective. Here are some of the tools we use to help. #remotework
wemakewaves.digital/articles…
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We Make Waves retweeted
16 Sep 2021
Managing costs causes costs to go up because it enshrines the cost of failure demand into the budget. Also see John Seddon: youtube.com/watch?v=KgvbVRkP…
16 Sep 2021
X: 'How much money does your depart need for this financial year?'
Y: 'We spent £x last year on business as usual so we need £x £y to achieve this year's objectives.'
X: 'Didn't last year's budget include resolving all those customer issues?'
Y: 'Yes, that is part of BAU'
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We Make Waves retweeted
31 Aug 2021
'A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. A complex system designed from scratch never works and cannot be patched up to make it work. You have to start over, beginning with a working simple system.'
~ Gall's law
"Platform teams" are a bad idea IMO. The "platform" code is usually bloated, over complex, & solves problems that don’t exist. When teams build stories end to end, adding to the "platform" as needed, the "platform" contains only those APIs needed to get actual stories to work.
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5 Jul 2021
ANOTHER ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐ review has dropped:
'What did you find most impressive about them?
They’re a great team and we got the full package. They give really professional advice, and there’s clear communication and visibility.'
Oh please, this is getting 😊😊😊
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5 Jul 2021
'How did We Make Waves perform from a project management standpoint?
We get great visibility and they have an impressive approach to project management. We always know what’s coming, what’s needed, what the next phase will be, and what’s going to be delivered.'
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We Make Waves retweeted
30 Jun 2021
Collaboration is hard not because we aren't born with a natural propensity to co-operate (we are) but because our systems of management (social and economic) have been designed specifically on separation and self interest. Hence, to collaborate, you need to swim against the tide.
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We Make Waves retweeted
30 Jun 2021
£27 million for an IT system that 'doesn't work'.
Another example of a high profile software failure in a long line of software failures. And yet the means to developing effective software are well know. Why do we allow this to happen?
theguardian.com/uk-news/2021…
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25 Jun 2021
'X : Where does technology fit in?
Me : A supporting act. Buying a data lake doesn't make you data driven ' ~ Simon Wardley
YES! 💪💪💪
25 Jun 2021
X : Principles first then look at the new behaviours?
Me : Yes.
X : Where does technology fit in?
Me : A supporting act. Buying a data lake doesn't make you data driven anymore than buying a Porsche makes you a good driver. Get the principles and behaviours right first.
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23 Jun 2021
Word 🙏
23 Jun 2021
YOU DO NOT MOVE FASTER BY COMPROMISING ON QUALITY. THIS IS NOT A THING.
21 Jun 2021
Luckily for us, we're fully remote 😅🤣😇
19 Jun 2021
Every company that has told their employees they need to come back into the office is in for a rough surprise.
PSA: Your entire eng teams are hunting for new remote jobs and not telling you they’ll be leaving soon.
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21 Jun 2021
📢 Whoop whoop. Another happy client:
'Their dedication to their work was much higher than other teams. They were also entrepreneurs, so they truly understood the entrepreneurial journey, and they wanted to help as best as they could.'
We Make Waves retweeted
16 Jun 2021
'Category Error
Collaborative knowledge work is NOT like:
- Factory Work
- Manufacturing
- Office work
- Service work (e.g. Call centres, Help desks, etc.)
- Individual knowledge work'
Software development is a craft, not an assembly line.
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9 Jun 2021
There's something wrong with the internet if all our businesses are reliant on such a small number of companies. Yet it is entirely possible to avoid yesterday's outages and continue with business as usual whilst everyone else is panicking.
Noting our website didn't go down 🤔😉
9 Jun 2021
I can't help but chuckle what a centralised, dependency ridden mess we've made of the internet after yesterday's outage.
When I was studying computer science it was being hailed as an indestructible distributed system that could withstand a nuclear strike.
7 Jun 2021
We love reading our clients independent reviews of us. This just landed 😍💃🕺💕🥳
7 Jun 2021
📢whoop: 'For this project alone, they took the initiative to present new architecture and infrastructure ideas that our own team hasn't considered, and those changes positively affected our platform. Overall, they're a great partner that considers our needs and expectations.'
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7 Jun 2021
📢whoop: 'For this project alone, they took the initiative to present new architecture and infrastructure ideas that our own team hasn't considered, and those changes positively affected our platform. Overall, they're a great partner that considers our needs and expectations.'
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26 May 2021
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We Make Waves retweeted
26 May 2021
Software people take heed: solving big problems requires collaboration and team work and not a multiplication of your 'resources'.
26 May 2021
'All the biggest problems that we face now, which are not particularly astronomical, like global climate change or the pandemic, require collaborative efforts, not just the multiplication of the same sort of person a million times over.'
theguardian.com/film/2021/ma…
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We Make Waves retweeted
26 May 2021
'“culture” is a read-only shadow, or reflection, of an organisation’s collective assumptions and beliefs. Thusly, even though an organisation’s culture is not directly amenable to change, its collective assumptions and beliefs are amenable to change' ~ Bob Marshall
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25 May 2021
We've had a play around with the new @NotionHQ API this morning to pull our code of ethics out of our Notion powered employee handbook and into our @GatsbyJS powered website 🎉 wemakewaves.digital/code-of-…
#bcorp #bcorppending